#B9B04F#B9B04F

#B9B04F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.119 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B04F
RGB	rgb(185, 176, 79)
HSL	hsl(55, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 57.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, -9.33, 49.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 50.73, 100.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% -0.0288 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.119 104)
XYZ	xyz(36.9454, 41.9307, 13.5429)
Luminance	0.4193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B04F #4F58B9

analogous

#B97B4F #B9B04F #8DB94F

triadic

#B9B04F #4FB9B0 #B04FB9

tetradic

#B9B04F #4FB97B #4F58B9 #B94F8D

square

#B9B04F #4FB97B #4F58B9 #B94F8D

split-complementary

#B9B04F #4F8DB9 #7B4FB9

monochromatic

#656028 #918A3A #B9B04F #CAC47B #DCD7A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#B9B04F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#B9B04F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B04F

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B04F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B04F	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B054

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b04f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 176, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.119 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c784',
    500: '#b9b04f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b04f;
$custom-light: #d0c784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b04f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.906,
    "s": 43.089,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74525,
    "c": 0.11915,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.41929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B04F

secondary

#9B9FC9

accent

#60D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B04F

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →